How to translate 'worth' to quenya?

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Hi guys,
I'm trying to translate some rhyme,but I'm not sure about translation of '... is worth ...' phrase. Could you help me translate?

English:
Death is worth to be alive,
And love is worth to wait...

Quenya:
Anqualë valdas na cuilë,
Melmë valdas na amárie...

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thank you!

Guys, please. Could you have a look at the translation and correct me if I wrong?

 

[Elhath]

What does the first part actually try to say? Does it mean "death is worth surviving"?

Well, in any case, the proper way to translate the "st is worth ...ing" phrase (equaling Sp. vale la pena, Russian стоит) into Quenya is apparently not known.

But we do know the language isn't just a "word-switch code for English", so if I had to guess, I'd rather reconstruct the aforementioned phrase from
the subject (e.g. a Q synonym of "death"), then merely valda (or the later-come word mírima), that followed by the long verb infinitive -ië inflected either
in the genitive (-ié-no, -ië-o*) or possessive (-ié-va) case. And finally inserting ná "is".

(Another trouble is, we don't have the verb "to live = be alive" in Quenya. A comparative guess would suggest cuia- - but it might also have /oi/ instead
of /ui/.)


* see current Ardalambion Q-E wordlist, entry -o (1)